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Toy xylophone - Hand Knocks Xylophone Happy Forest

Official notice

26 Mar 2010

Last checked

26 Mar 2010

Critical riskEU Safety Gate

An official EU Safety Gate notice concerns Toy xylophone - Hand Knocks Xylophone Happy Forest. The product poses a chemical risk because the orange and yellow colours release more than permitted amounts of lead and chrome. Orange colour: 460 mg/kg of chromium (exceeding the limit of 60 mg/kg) and 1817 mg/kg of lead (exceeding the limit of 90 mg/kg). Yellow colour: 205 mg/kg of chromium (exceeding the limit of 60 mg/kg) and 1844 mg/kg of lead (exceeding the limit of 90 mg/kg).The product does not comply with the Toys Directive and with the relevant European standard EN 71. Published 2010-03-26.

What to do now

The source does not provide specific consumer instructions. Follow the official EU Safety Gate notice for next steps.

Recall number

0570/10

Official notice

2010-03-26

The hazard

The product poses a chemical risk because the orange and yellow colours release more than permitted amounts of lead and chrome. Orange colour: 460 mg/kg of chromium (exceeding the limit of 60 mg/kg) and 1817 mg/kg of lead (exceeding the limit of 90 mg/kg). Yellow colour: 205 mg/kg of chromium (exceeding the limit of 60 mg/kg) and 1844 mg/kg of lead (exceeding the limit of 90 mg/kg).The product does not comply with the Toys Directive and with the relevant European standard EN 71.

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Affected products

Product 1

Toy xylophone - Hand Knocks Xylophone

Risk / hazard

The product poses a chemical risk because the orange and yellow colours release more than permitted amounts of lead and chrome. Orange colour: 460 mg/kg of chromium (exceeding the limit of 60 mg/kg) and 1817 mg/kg of lead (exceeding the limit of 90 mg/kg). Yellow colour: 205 mg/kg of chromium (exceeding the limit of 60 mg/kg) and 1844 mg/kg of lead (exceeding the limit of 90 mg/kg).The product does not comply with the Toys Directive and with the relevant European standard EN 71.

Where it was sold

The source does not list specific retailers. See the official notice for where affected products were sold.

Location 1

DE · Germany

Location 2

FR · France

Affected area 1

DE · Germany

Affected area 2

FR · France

Company & contacts

Manufacturer

Not provided

Phone

Not provided

Brand: Happy Forest.

Source & status

Tier

beta

Category

KIDS

Classification

Serious risk — Chemical

App estimate

critical

Recall details

Recall number

0570/10

Classification

Serious risk — Chemical

Source tier

beta

Documents, notices & source

See the official notice and source documents for full details.

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